Fugienda petimus : la Phaedra di Seneca come sistema complesso di antitesi

Seneca, in his tragedy Phaedra, created an elegiac character using, among other elegiac conventions, the amorous hunting. His Phaedra turns into an aggressive erotic predator who w...

The Stoic Seneca (b. c. 4 bce–d. 65 ce), mentor to Emperor Nero and one of the wealthiest men of his time, has been studied as the brilliant and enigmatic father of Silver Latin pr...

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (born around 4 bce in the city now known as Córdoba, Spain), was a philosopher, tragedian, and influential figure in the Roman imperial court during the Julio...

The earthquake of 62/63cewas a catastrophic event for Pompeii and Campania. The destruction and death toll were extensive and it is clear that the city of Pompeii was still recover...

The chapter analyses Tony Harrison’s Phaedra Britannica, an adaptation of Racine’s Phèdre which also draws on other responses to the myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus, including Eurip...

The third book of the Naturales quaestiones, in which Seneca explores the nature and causes of terrestrial waters, culminates in an account of a cosmic deluge that will ultimately ...

This chapter discusses how Ovid has Phaedra provocatively engage with her mythological background and reframe her Euripidean counterpart. Phaedra is portrayed not only as a learned...

One of Horace's best-known allegations inEpistles1 is that where in the world you are is neither here nor there, as long as you have peace of mind (animus aequus):caelum non animum...